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Bellapais Abbey

Historical

Address

8944+R39, Beylerbeyi 99320

Open Times

09:00 - 00:00

Price Range

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The site was formerly named Episcopia or Piscopia,[1] suggesting that it may have served the Bishop of Kyrenia as a residence, and as a place of refuge from Arab raids in the 7th and 8th centuries. The first occupants known to have settled on or near the site were the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, who had fled Jerusalem after its fall in 1187 to Saladin. The canons had been the custodians of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Bellapais, Bellapais Abbey, Girne, Kyrenia